Muammar Gaddafi, the merciless ruler of Libya, has been leading the country with his cruel ideologies. He has murdered numerous Libyan citizens and his government soldiers have raped the women in order to instill fear; The people have had enough. In February 2011 political protests began in Libya against Gaddafi and his government and began getting significantly bigger. By late February Libya was completely chaotic and the government was quickly losing control of the citizens. Gaddafi fought back by killing many rebel civilians and importing foreign mercenaries from Belarus, Ukraine, and Serbia to protect his government.
- YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP-WFr0oziA - YouTube is a social media website where anyone can create an account and share their videos, where other people can then express their opinions and post their own videos.
- This YouTube video can be shared with every person who goes on the company's website. It can also be viewed through almost any form of online social media such as Facebook and Tumblr.
- In some cases, YouTube videos are not completely accurate, but this video is reliable because it is a video was created by a journalist who was reporting the story from Libya.
- The story is presented the same way it would be on a news broadcast. The only difference is that people can comment and share their opinions of the story to thousands of people.
- This video raises the issue of freedom of speech for Libya. The Libyan citizens are finally being able to show the world what has been happening to them under Gaddafi's cruel government.
2.Mass Media Channel- Online newspaper
In August 2011, Muammar Gaddafi fled from Tripoli and the Libyan people celebrated over their extreme accomplishment. Although the Libyan Revolution has been succesful and Gaddafi has fled from power, the people of Libya are worried that they may end up like the Iraqi people, wishing for the days when Kadafi was ruling. Right now the people are happy that Kadafi is no longer in charge, but conditions in Libya are poor. There is a scarce amount of food and electricity, and rebels are arresting and killing people that seem suspicious to them.
- LA Times http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/27/world/la-fg-libya-unexpected-victory-20110827
- La Times is the Los Angeles newspaper that has a print and online version. The article is presented in two pages. There are no related pictures, but there are easily accessed related articles.
- The LA Times has been around for years and begin with only a print edition but moved online during the digital age. Their articles are easy to find, updated daily, and reliable. News stories on the LA Times website are longer and contain colorful images or videos, unlike the print versions.
- Readers can share articles that they are interested in on Facebook, Twitter, and through e-mail. This makes it easier for an important world issue to be noticed by several demographics.
3. Mass Media Channel- News Broadcast
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/20/alleged-gadhafi-message-says-his-political-system-cannot-be-overthrown/
This video is another story about the Libyan citizens celebrating their new found freedom after Gaddafi flees from power. The people are still celebrating a month later. This story contains all the same facts as the LA Times article but has a little more information to it because viewers can actually see Libya and what is going on there, instead of looking at a picture.
- CNN is a reliable news broadcasting station and they have a television station that broadcasts daily. They also have a website that contains photos, articles, videos, blogs, and much more. All forms of CNN news are available to share with the public the various social media networks, such as e-mail, Facebook, and Tumblr.
- CNN has been said to be more of a Democratic news station, so people may not care to watch this broadcast because they think that this story is presented in a bias way. The facts are very straightforward though and easy to understand.
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